Thursday, February 1, 2007
Frustration of internet forums
How many forum members does it take to change a lightbulb?It takes 1 forum member to change the light bulb..BUT...It also takes; 1 to post that the light bulb has been changed14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs53 to flame the spell checkers6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb"... another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp"15 know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that "light bulb" is perfectly correct156 to email the participant's ISPs complaining that they are in violation of their "acceptable use policy"109 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb forum203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic forum, and lightbulb forum about changing light bulbs be stopped111 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this forum306 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this technique and what brands are faulty27 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs14 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post thecorrected URL's3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group33 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too"6 that flame them for not using the Search feature12 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy19 to quote the "Me too's" to say "Me three"4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ44 to ask what is a "FAQ"4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"143 to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs"16 posts of two forum members that are exclusively talking to each other only about lightbulbs and what they did that weekend24 posts of telling them to take it to PM's1 new forum member to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again
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You have just described DCP. I've noticed that Sound Machine has never been the same since we left. It's so difficult to say anything let alone something nice. So we make fun of it all now. One thing we have found when attending shows is that the majority of those in attendance have never heard of DCP Sound Machine or RAMD. Thank God.
The weird part about this was I posted this on DCP as satire but so far every one is agreeing with it.
Mike
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